Police Terrence McDonagh, played by Nicolas Cage, was promoted to "Lieutenant" for his heroic performance when he rescued a forgotten prisoner in a detention center from floodwaters. (Here, by the way, I have seen part of the police rank system in the United States from various American TV series. At the beginning of the story, Terrence's position is Sergeant. In this story, his position is Lieutenant. At the end of the story, he was promoted to Captain again. , These positions can be translated into military ranks at the same time, namely sergeant, lieutenant, and captain. This is why this police movie has such a name. Among them, Sergeant is estimated to be equivalent to an ordinary detective, and Lieutenant is probably He is the leader of the serious crime team, and Captain is basically the same level as the captain of the criminal police.)
However, his heroic actions also caused his spine to be injured, and he has to rely on drugs for pain relief. The stress of police life, the overuse of neuronarcotics, and addiction are reasonable (reminiscent of Mahone in Prison Break). Terrence began to take drugs, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and in order to get drugs, he used various police privileges, extortion, hand in hand, stealing evidence... And that's not all, he spent a lot of money betting on football , is completely unable to repay; because he protects his girlfriend (who is a prostitute), he offends a rich and powerful developer (the rich second generation is not only a problem in China); the case under investigation is full of obstacles, the witnesses are unwilling to cooperate, he does not meet the The prescribed evidence collection method led to another investigation, which caused him to lose his identity as a police detective... With the development of the plot step by step, it is almost possible to see an ending that is destroyed in the ever-accelerating chaos.
But you know, it's not going to end like this. Because throughout, the film doesn't say that the bad lieutenant is "bad". He's just Robin bewitched by Poison Ivy; he's just Spider-Man possessed by aliens; he's just Superman under the influence of Red Krypton. His badness is his helplessness or even disguise under the influence of the external environment. He is like the chameleon he saw in his hallucinations. He hated the criminals who killed the family and tried to find evidence to bring them down. When two selfish old ladies hindered his investigation, he scolded "You selfish dead woman, you are the country's worst for a day." Reason for a day".
Therefore, the ending of the story must be the return of the hero, who caught the murderer by himself. Good luck also followed, the chaser was killed, the game was won, the girlfriend was pregnant, and although the addiction was still there, the waiter's words at the end of the credits implied that this would also be resolved.
Looking at the whole, this film can only be regarded as a nondescript grafting film. It took a hundred minutes to reveal human nature, to discuss good and evil, and you thought it was going to be profound, and it suddenly made everything happy in almost a minute. The crime film begins, the ethics film unfolds, the Lunar New Year film ends, and the final type of film is almost like a tragedy.
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